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Stephan Czypionka Is Measuring Dumplings and Cataloging Palm Trees
The Austrian marketer has spent a career translating taste across borders. At CJ Foods, his playbook pairs hard measurement with cultural curiosity - the same instinct behind a side project cataloging hundreds of palm species.
Leana Less
Leana Less is a global marketing leader who in 2024 became the first-ever Chief Marketing Officer in the 111-year history of Bealls, Inc., the family-owned Florida off-price retailer. A South African who built a 27-year career spanning MediaCom Africa, nearly 13 years at The Coca-Cola Company, global consumer marketing at Estee Lauder's Aveda, and a marketing transformation at Chico's FAS, she is known for turning marketing from a cost center into a growth engine across brand, ecommerce and loyalty. She describes herself as 'an activator' who refuses to wait for the green light.
William White
William White is the Chief Marketing Officer of Walmart, a role he has held since May 2020. He leads customer insights, brand strategy, and full-funnel marketing for the world's largest retailer, and is credited with steering Walmart's marketing through the pandemic, launching Walmart+, and building the retailer into a more culturally and emotionally connected brand. Before Walmart he spent seven years at Target and nearly nine years at Coca-Cola, where he scaled Coke Zero into a billion-dollar brand. He ranked #4 on Forbes' 2024 list of the World's Most Influential CMOs.
Sarah Armstrong
Sarah Madden Armstrong is Vice President of Global Marketing Operations at Google, where she leads global marketing infrastructure across one of the world's most complex and far-reaching advertising ecosystems. With over 25 years in global marketing - including two decades at The Coca-Cola Company overseeing agency operations across 200 countries and a stint as a McKinsey partner - she brings rare operational depth to a role that touches every corner of Google's marketing machine. Named one of Advertising Age's 'Women to Watch' in 2009, Armstrong is also a published author of two books: 'The Mom's Guide to a Good Divorce' and 'The Art of the Juggling Act: Bite-Sized Guide for Working Parents' (2024). A former Georgetown University volleyball player turned global executive, she mentors across industries and volunteers with multiple nonprofits while raising her daughter Grace.
Shekhar Natarajan
Shekhar Natarajan is the Founder and CEO of Orchestro.AI and the inventor of Angelic Intelligence, a framework that embeds ethics directly into AI architecture rather than bolting it on as an afterthought. He grew up in a one-room home in Secunderabad, Hyderabad, arrived in the US with $34, and spent 25+ years scaling supply chains at Walmart, Disney, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Target, and American Eagle before founding Orchestro.AI in 2023. He holds 207+ patents, raised $15M in seed funding, and in May 2026 received Oxford's Bodleian Medal for his contributions to AI in the public interest.